One problem, the video is from July 31st. About a week before Danks' underwent exploratory surgery. So the Sox had no idea the extent of the injury. And the video doesn't work, but there's his proof. He has to be screwing around.

One problem, the video is from July 31st. About a week before Danks' underwent exploratory surgery. So the Sox had no idea the extent of the injury. And the video doesn't work, but there's his proof. He has to be screwing around.

munch, I was actually on your side at one point in this thread, but really, you have pretty much buried yourself. It's OK to admit your are wrong sometimes.

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Ridiculousness across all sports:

(1) "You have no valid opinion because you never played the game."
(2) "Stats are irrelevant. This guy just doesn't know how to win."

This is painful to read. Those of you expecting a confession, concession or apology from a certain poster clearly aren't going to get one. I vote to move on and revisit Danks' injury status when we get closer to Opening Day.

Hey, have you guys heard that Baseball Prospectus has published its projections for the 2013 season?

__________________"I have the ultimate respect for White Sox fans. They were as miserable as the Cubs and Red Sox fans ever were but always had the good decency to keep it to themselves. And when they finally won the World Series, they celebrated without annoying every other fan in the country." Jim Caple, ESPN (January 12, 2011)

"We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the (bleeding) obvious is the first duty of intelligent men." — George Orwell

That Cleveland is above us and KC is complete and utter garbage. They have zero pitching.

That's because the whole thing is nonsense. Besides Cleveland sucking, the freaking Mariners are ahead of us? The other three teams in the AL West all made the playoffs last year. They could have won 88 games and still finished in 4th place. They have absolutely zero chance of winning their division, and even if the Athletics stumble (very likely), they'd still be fighting NYY, Chi, TB, BAL, TOR, LAA, TEX for that last spot.

That's because the whole thing is nonsense. Besides Cleveland sucking, the freaking Mariners are ahead of us? The Mariners have three of the best teams in baseball in their division. Last year they could have won 88 games and finished in 4th place. They have absolutely zero chance of winning their division, and even if the Athletics stumble (very likely), they'd still be fighting NYY, Chi, TB, BAL, TOR, LAA, TEX for that last spot.

So they disagree with your personal percieved strength between the Sox and M's.

I gotta say, it's somewhat hilarious to have people who earlier in the thread were so adamant that it's impossible to forecast baseball can be so adamant that there's no way the Mariners could be better than the Sox this year. Pretty god damn hilarious.

So they disagree with your personal percieved strength between the Sox and M's.

Even if a person thought the Mariners would be better than the Sox this year, the Sox still have a better chance of making it in. It's common sense. The Sox are pretty solidly in the top two of their division. Most of these "experts" will probably pick the Sox to finish second, and that's probably the most likely outcome. The Mariners are most likely to finish fourth. I'd much rather have to leapfrog one team than three. As for Wild Card possibilities, look at the strengths of the division. The Mariners get the hapless Astros, but they also have to play three playoff teams intra-division. The Sox get the hapless Twins, but also the mediocre Indians and Royals.

This is in the same boat as their win predictions. Baseless predictions. No different than any of us posting our predictions on a website. However, Joe Blow's predictions are presented using nonsensical percentages that give the illusion of accuracy.

Even if a person thought the Mariners would be better than the Sox this year, the Sox still have a better chance of making it in. It's common sense. The Sox are pretty solidly in the top two of their division. Most of these "experts" will probably pick the Sox to finish second, and that's probably the most likely outcome. The Mariners are most likely to finish fourth. I'd much rather have to leapfrog one team than three. As for Wild Card possibilities, look at the strengths of the division. The Mariners get the hapless Astros, but they also have to play three playoff teams intra-division. The Sox get the hapless Twins, but also the mediocre Indians and Royals.

All right, so BP doesn't agree with that. You'll notice they have the Sox barely clinging to 3rd. BFD.